Installed an aussie locker on a chrysler 8.25 rear end on a 97 cherokee. With the aussie installed is it supposed to pull the Jeep to left alot when you give it gas? also is the rear end supposed to be tooo hott to touch after driving it a few miles? Just the gear housing is hott. i know it will get hot but too hott to touch i wasn't sure about. Thanks.

 

I would think no and no, to the ?'s

 

i had a rear end shop install everything. just wanting to check.......

 

ya same here no and no!

 

Take it back to them and ***** them out. That's a definite no and no

 

as everyone else said no to your original questions.

1. Check and make sure your rear tires are worn pretty even, if one is worn more than the other then they are trying to turn different speeds. No sense in going back to the shop and raising hell only to find out its not their fault.

2. If your tires are worn correctly then proceed back to the shop and raise hell.

 

they are worn exactly the same. the locker hasnt been in for a week. What happened was my dad installed the aussie locker and took the ring and pinion out. we couldnt get it set up to exact width and were off a couple thousandths, we took it for a test drive and it started howling but it wasnt pulling to the left. took it to the rear end shop and they checked everything and put it to exact measurements. that was when it started pulling to the left and getting hot. ill go have a talk with them tomorrow and see whats up.

 

another thing that happened today while driving home, i had been driving for about 10 miles now. stopped pulling into my sub division and got on the main drag, put it in low gear and floored it, the rear end popped really loud and it started pulling to the right when i would give it gas, right before i got home it popped again and went back to pulling to the left.....seems like they may have it too tight in there or the aussie is sliding to the left and right.....i dont know... it only pulls to the left when i am gassing it. when coasting it rides straight.

 

well if u had a shop do it take it back and make them fix it !!!! because that is really bad!!!

 

popping is very normal with any lunchbox locker. my buddys does it all the time and its loud. so that normal especially getting on the throttle.

the pulling to left and right. you sure its not out of alignment? a rear locker will let you know when you are out of alignment because both tires will have the power.

 

it sounds like its only engaging the right axle when power is applied. it would explain the "pull" to the left if only the right tire is getting any power.

I'd pull the cover and take a look.

 

Just for giggles check the fluid.They might not have put any back in.

 

then why would it pull to the left?

 

Agreed.Most 4x4s are one wheel drive when 4wd is not engauged and they don't do that so why would this.Mine has trac-lock and don;t pull one way til the other side kicks in.

 

if its doesn't engage the left axle at all, then all the power goes out the right, with the left not pushing and the right doing all the pushing the truck is going to want to go left.

On dry ground even open diffs have power going out both wheels. Its only when one tire looses grip that all the power goes to one side, but since its the side that has lost grip you don't get the "push" to one side.

Unless I'm miss understanding your use of "pulling to the left". either way My bet would be on one side of the locker not "locking" and all the power going to one wheel.